Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-06-25


A young man whose visits to his
lady-loye had made her "tired" open
ed his remarks at Wednesday even
ings visit with-"The mercury clumb
10 the top Of the column to-day" Yes,
poeticly replied his lady-love,
''But there's a land that Is hotter than this
Where never collar can stand.
Where everything bubbles and hiss
oh, 20 20 that far away land"
We have an esteemed friend who
wears lambs wool in his hat crown,
lady says for irrigating purposes to
bring out the second growth on the
spot where athere's no more parting.
It's efiicacious, we know, for the sec
ond crop is coming and his crown
looks like the cylinder of music box.
Major Warren, postmaster, puts in
about fourteen honest hours work
every day, but Uncle Sam win reward
him in the sweet bye and bye for all
this extra work. He will make the
office a presidential Office and then
Major Joe viii equip himself with a
good lot of clerks and set back in the
shade and shell chesnuts with the
boys.
The Democrat says, "Boise City
possesses more exquisite female sing
ers than any other city of like size in
the United States" When you quail
ify with .like size" all right, Brother
Boyakin, but TO the square inch, nary
time. Come over TO Blackfoot il you
want TO hear singing that is perfectly
exquisite.
Rube Dunn says the mosquitoes are
holding Worlds Exposition on his
Blackfoot ranch this week, and in ad-
dition 10 large native representation
he noticed full delegations from Asia,
Africa and all the islands Of the Pacific
ocean. They attend strictly TO bust
ness. He went out one day and en-
quired OF native interpreter how the
boys from over the big waters were
getting on dispatching "biz," and
found the meeting engaged in present
ing and allowing bills and he left.
When they get through with that
branch Of business he says he will go
again.
A little boy was told by his mother
10 ask in prayer for whatever he want
ed and the good Lord would give it
TO him. The little innocent wee-t thing
knelt down and asked the Lord to send
him straightway one hundred broth
ers and fifty sisters but his cruel
mother yanked him up before he could
say amen.
Mr.. Burk, successor TO the Travis
Cattle Company, has been awarded
the contract for supplying Ross Fork
Agency with beef for the coming year
beginning July lst Consideration:
$2.93 per hundred gross. Mr.. Cra-
vens, of Kansas City, the contract for
supplying Fort Hall school with 90
900 pounds
A large delegation Of young ladies
from St. Mary's Academy, Salt Lake
City, passed up the road Thursday
evening enroute to their homes in
North Idaho and Montana. Among
this crowd Of happy and beautiful, to
Blackfoot, was our little girl, Blanche,
who came as ray of ofsunshine to glad
den our home, after an absence of ten
months.
The most indefatigable worker in
all the Territory is DIR. Givens, Super
intendent OF the Insane Asylum. He
not only gives the gentlest care and
attention to his patients but general
supervision TO the outdoor work on
the farm attached. The direct man
agement Of the institution is as free
from objections, complaints and scan
dial as the atmosphere is pure about
IL. When the DR.. completes his out
door improvements he'll have a home
like institution that every true citizen
of Idaho win appreciate and be proud
of. All his employees seem well suit
ed for their respective spheres and the
entire machinery of the institution is
in perfect gear and moves without
the slightest friction.
A newspaper man with pious bent
of mind has been searching the scrip
lures to see IL Congress was justified
by Holy Writ in enacting that section
of the Interstate Commerce bill pre-
venting free passes, and these are his
findings;
Thou shalt not pass-Book of Num-
bers.
Suffer not q man TO pass-Judges.
The wicked shall have no power to
pass-Nehemiah.
None shall ever pass-Isaiah.
This generation shall not pass
Mark.
Though they roar, yet they cannot
pass-Jeremiah.
So hepaid his fare and went-Jonah,
A number of leading ranchmen have
called this week and every one had a
kind, CHEEKY word for the NEws. Be
fore leaving the office we talked hay
TO them all, and in reply TO the ques.
tion-How is your Alfalfa this season.
Each gave the most flattering and sat
isfactory answers.
Will Kirkpatrick said--"Tll make